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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Charles R Gordon, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Duane R Bigelow, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/37264 (2013.01); A61N 1/36 (2013.01); G06F 8/665 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2013.01); G06F 9/44505 (2013.01); Y02B 60/185 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable medical device have an associated memory device is disclosed. The implantable medical device utilizes techniques for optimizing one or more embedded operations of the memory device, such operations including programming, reading or erasing data. The techniques for optimizing the embedded operations include controlling the operations as a function of an energy source of the implantable medical device.